990 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 24
Without Krsna’s mercy, therefore, no one can understand the sankhya-
philosophy or any philosophy which is especially meant for liberation.
Vedic knowledge confirms that one becomes entangled in this material
life because of ignorance, and one can become free from material embar-
rassment by becoming situated in factual knowledge. Saikhya means that
factual knowledge by which one can get out of the material entanglement.
TEXT 39
WT SINT: TE TATTCTATY |
TTT Te FT RASATTHST A 3 2
mam atmanam svayam-jyotih
sarvabhita-guhdsayam
atmany evatmana viksya
visoko *bhayam rechasi
mam—Me; dtmanam—the Supreme Soul, or Paramatma; svayam-jyotih—
self-effulgent; sarva-bhiita—of all beings; guha—in the hearts; asayam—
dwelling; dtmani—in your own heart; eva—indeed; dtmand—through your
intellect; viksya—always seeing, always thinking; visokah—free from
lamentation; abhayam—fearlessness; rcchasi—you will achieve.
TRANSLATION
Always, in your own heart, through your intellect, seeing Me, the su-
preme self-effulgent soul dwelling within the hearts of all living entities, you
will achieve the state of eternal life, free from all lamentation and fear.
PURPORT
People are very anxious to understand the Absolute Truth in various
ways, especially by experiencing the brahmajyoti, or Brahman effulgence,
by meditation and by mental speculation. But Kapiladeva uses the word
mam to emphasize that the Personality of Godhead is the ultimate feature
of the Absolute Truth. In Bhagavad-gita the Personality of Godhead always
says mam, “unto Me,” but the rascals misinterpret the clear meaning. Mam
is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. If one can see the Supreme
Personality of Godhead as He appears in different incarnations and under-
stand that He has not assumed a material body but is present in His own
